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Abdominal :: Abdominal (a.) Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity..

Mobility :: Mobility (n.) The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle..

Adductor :: Adductor (n.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose..

Azygous :: Azygous (a.) Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula..

Iliopsoas :: Iliopsoas (n.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles..

Sinew :: Sinew (n.) Muscle; nerve.

Levation :: Levation (n.) The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle..

Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their

Trigastric :: Trigastric (a.) Having three bellies; -- said of a muscle.

Mytilotoxine :: Mytilotoxine (n.) A poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common mussel. It either causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to convulsions, including death by an accumulation of carbonic acid in the blood..

Pectinated :: Pectinated (a.) Having very narrow, close divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike; as, a pectinate leaf; pectinated muscles. See Illust. (e) of Antennae..

Fibre :: Fibre (n.) One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle..

Teratoma :: Teratoma (n.) A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle..

Amyous :: Amyous (a.) Wanting in muscle; without flesh.

Tail :: Tail (n.) The distal tendon of a muscle.

Buccinator :: Buccinator (n.) A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.

Polymyoid :: Polymyoid (a.) Having numerous vocal muscles; of or pertaining to the Polymyodae.

Fascicled :: Fascicled (a.) Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair..

Musculophrenic :: Musculophrenic (a.) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery..

Sprain :: Sprain (v. t.) To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle..

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